2025 College Football Bowl Predictions - NCAA Bowl Game Projections

College Football Playoff
Updated Sep 2, 2025

Date	Bowl	Projection		Matchup	Time	Location
Jan. 19	Championship	—	—	Semifinal winners	7:30 p.m.	Miami, Fla.
Jan. 9	Peach	—	—	CFP Semifinal	7:30 p.m.	Atlanta, Ga.
Jan. 8	Fiesta	—	—	CFP Semifinal	7:30 p.m.	Glendale, Ariz.
Jan. 1	Orange	MIA Miami (FL)	—	CFP Quarterfinal	12 p.m.	Miami, Fla.
Jan. 1	Rose	OHST Ohio State	—	CFP Quarterfinal	4 p.m.	Pasadena, Calif.
Jan. 1	Sugar	LSU LSU	—	CFP Quarterfinal	8 p.m.	New Orleans, La.
Dec. 31	Cotton	PSU Penn State	—	CFP Quarterfinal	7:30 p.m.	Arlington, Tex.
Dec. 19/20	CFP 6 vs. 11	FLA Florida	vs. UGA Georgia	CFP 1st Rnd	TBA	TBA
Dec. 19/20	CFP 8 vs. 9	ORE Oregon	vs. CLEM Clemson	CFP 1st Rnd	TBA	TBA
Dec. 19/20	CFP 7 vs. 10	TEX Texas	vs. TTU Texas Tech	CFP 1st Rnd	TBA	TBA
Dec. 19/20	CFP 5 vs. 12	ND Notre Dame	vs. TUL Tulane	CFP 1st Rnd	TBA	TBA

Other Bowl Games

Date	Bowl	Projection		Matchup	Time	Location
TBA	Holiday	DUKE Duke	vs. ORST Oregon State	ACC vs. Pac-12	TBA	San Diego, Calif.
Jan. 2	Duke's Mayo	UNC North Carolina	vs. TENN Tennessee	ACC vs. SEC	8pm	Charlotte, N.C.
Jan. 2	Liberty	HOU Houston	vs. MIZZ Missouri	Big 12 vs. SEC	4:30pm	Memphis, Tenn.
Jan. 2	Armed Forces	AF Air Force	vs. KAN Kansas	American vs. CUSA	1pm	Fort Worth, Tex.
Dec. 31	Las Vegas	ILL Illinois	vs. ASU Arizona State	Big Ten vs. Pac-12	3:30pm	Las Vegas, Nev.
Dec. 31	Citrus	MICH Michigan	vs. AUB Auburn	Big Ten vs. SEC	3pm	Orlando, Fla.
Dec. 31	Sun	SMU SMU	vs. UTAH Utah	ACC/ND vs. Pac-12	2pm	El Paso, Tex.
Dec. 31	ReliaQuest	IND Indiana	vs. BAMA Alabama	Big Ten vs. SEC	Noon	Tampa, Fla.
Dec. 30	Alamo	ISU Iowa State	vs. USC USC	Big 12 vs. Pac-12	9pm	San Antonio, Tex.
Dec. 30	Music City	NEB Nebraska	vs. SC South Carolina	Big Ten vs. SEC	5:30pm	Nashville, Tenn.
Dec. 30	Independence	TCU TCU	vs. SHOU Sam Houston	Big 12 vs. Pac-12	2pm	Shreveport, La.
Dec. 29	Birmingham	NCST NC State	vs. MISS Ole Miss	ACC/SEC/American	2pm	Birmingham, Ala.
Dec. 27	Texas	BAY Baylor	vs. TA&M Texas A&M	Big 12 vs. SEC	9:15pm	Houston, Tex.
Dec. 27	Gator	LOU Louisville	vs. OKLA Oklahoma	ACC vs. SEC	7:30pm	Jacksonville, Fla.
Dec. 27	New Mexico	SJSU San Jose State	vs. UTEP UTEP	MWC vs. CUSA/AME/SBC/MAC	5:45pm	Albuquerque, N.M.
Dec. 27	Arizona	UNLV UNLV	vs. TOL Toledo	MWC vs. MAC	4:30pm	Tucson, Ariz.
Dec. 27	Pop-Tarts	FSU Florida State	vs. BYU BYU	ACC vs. Big 12	3:30pm	Orlando, Fla.
Dec. 27	Fenway	GT Georgia Tech	vs. ECU East Carolina	ACC vs. American	2:15pm	Boston, Mass.
De. 27	Pinstripe	VT Virginia Tech	vs. IOWA Iowa	ACC vs. Big Ten	Noon	New York, N.Y.
Dec. 27	Military	PITT Pittsburgh	vs. MEM Memphis	ACC vs. American	11am	Annapolis, Md.
Dec. 26	First Responder	ARMY Army West Point	vs. CONN Connecticut	American/ACC/Big 12	8pm	Dallas, Tex.
Dec. 26	Rate	KSU Kansas State	vs. MINN Minnesota	Big 12 vs. Big Ten	5:30pm	Phoenix, Ariz.
Dec. 26	GameAbove Sports	ODU Old Dominion	vs. BUFF Buffalo	Big Ten vs. MAC	1pm	Detroit, Mich.
Dec. 24	Hawaii	HAW Hawaii	vs. UTSA UTSA	MWC vs. CUSA	8pm	Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec. 23	Frisco	FRES Fresno State	vs. UNT North Texas	AME/CUSA/MAC/MWC/Sun Belt	9pm	Frisco, Tex.
Dec. 23	New Orleans	WKY Western Kentucky	vs. UL Louisiana	CUSA vs. Sun Belt	5:30pm	New Orleans, La.
Dec. 23	Boca Raton	USF South Florida	vs. LIB Liberty	AME/CUSA/MAC/SBC	2pm	Boca Raton, Fla.
Dec. 22	Idaho Potato	OHIO Ohio	vs. CSU Colorado State	MAC vs. MWC	2pm	Boise, Idaho
Dec. 19	Gasparilla	JXST Jacksonville State	vs. USM Southern Miss	American/ACC/SEC	3:30pm	Tampa, Fla.
Dec. 19	Myrtle Beach	JMAD James Madison	vs. NAVY Navy	American/MAC/Sun Belt	Noon	Myrtle Beach, SC
Dec. 17	68 Ventures	M-OH Miami (OH)	vs. GASO Georgia Southern	CUSA/MAC/Sun Belt	8:30pm	Mobile, Ala.
Dec. 17	Cure	LT Louisiana Tech	vs. USA South Alabama	AAC/CUSA/MAC/MWC/SBC	5:30pm	Orlando, Fla.
Dec. 16	Salute to Veterans	NIU Northern Illinois	vs. TXST Texas State	MAC vs. Sun Belt	9pm	Montgomery, Ala.
Dec. 13	Los Angeles	BSU Boise State	vs. WASH Washington	MWC vs. Pac-12	Noon	Los Angeles, Calif.